Varanasi panchang, 8 September 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 18:36 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:39
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:08 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:02 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 06:30
- Karana Balava until 10:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:29 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 21:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:30 – 08:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:20 – 05:44 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:09 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:35 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:15 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 06:22 Leo
- 06:22 – 08:35 Virgo
- 08:35 – 10:52 Libra
- 10:52 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:29 Aquarius
- 18:29 – 19:58 Pisces
- 19:58 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:33 Taurus
- 23:33 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:05 next day Cancer
- 04:05 – 05:42 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method